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... Examples, Definitions & Resources | ||
| 8... | linder | ... a brilliant white stone marbled with pale veins of pink, blue, green or silver (fictitious) | |
| 8... | pea-shuck mattress | ... The shell or husk | |
| 8... | quarry | ... a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. | |
| 8... | hearth | ... (pronounced Har-th) a brick- or stone-lined fireplace or oven used for cooking and/or heating | |
| 9... | wafted | ... to float easily and gently on the air | |
| 13... | scree | ... broken rock that appears at the bottom of crags, mountain cliffs or valley shoulders | |
| 17... | tethers | ... cords that anchor something, such as an animal or small child, to something else, such as a pole | |
| 22... | supplication | ... a humble request; a prayer or entreaty to a god | |
| 24... | gruel | ... A type of preparation consisting of some type of cereal boiled in water or milk. It is similar to porridge, but is more often drunk than eaten. | |
| *38... | pediment | ... a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure, typically supported by columns | |
| 42... | brusque | ... rudely abrupt, unfriendly | |
| 45... | gloating | ... take malicious pleasure or satisfaction in something often at someone's misforture | |
| 45... | stylus | ... a writing utensil | |
| 56... | condone | ... to forgive, excuse or overlook something | |
| 65... | reverent | ... showing respect; respectful | |
| 66... | tome | ... a large or scholarly book | |
| 68... | unrepentant | ... feeling or showing no sorrow for wrongdoing | |
| 78... | plaiting | ... braiding | |
| 93... | interlocutor | ... someone taking part in a conversation | |
| 96... | affronted | ... insulted | |
| 97... | blathered | ... talked rapidly without making much sense | |
| 97... | commodities | ... goods and services which are bought and sold | |
| 99... | jop | ... a fluty instrument (fictitious) | |
| 117... | impudence | ... disrespectfulness; shamelessness | |
| 143... | adamant | ... resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding | |
| 152... | dross | ... Waste or impure matter | |
| 162... | ruffians | ... scoundrels, rascals or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable persons | |
| 162... | demeanor | ... The outward way in which a person behaves, especially towards others. | |
| 167... | exuberant | ... high-spirited; with energy or enthusiasm | |
| 213... | grimace | ... smirk | |
| 215... | stoically | ... a manner of enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint | |
| 221... | disparaging | ... insulting; ridiculing | |
| 232... | cudgels | ... a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon | |
| 232... | staves | ... the individual wood strips that form the sides of a barrel | |
| 258... | despondency | ... the loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection | |
| 264... | deft | ... quick and neat in action; skillful | |
| 281... | precarious | ... dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous | |
| 287... | promenade | ... to perform the stylized walk of a square dance | |
| 295... | divination | ... the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events | |
| 308... | diligent | ... performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard | |
